2012/13 Catalogue - Metz Press
2012/13 Catalogue - Metz Press
2012/13 Catalogue - Metz Press
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Play. Learn. Know.<br />
A child is a work in progress<br />
Dr Melodie de Jager & Liz Victor<br />
A child thrives when everyday living becomes an interactive game. Play. Learn. Know. is<br />
a guide to help Mom and Dad (and, in an ideal world, all caregivers) to shape their child’s<br />
body, heart and mind with care and thoughtfulness. It gives simple and playful solutions<br />
to developing complex skills. A child needs to experience life to become part of life. You<br />
can help your child to belong by exposing him to everyday life: name the things you<br />
touch; explain what happens around him; show him how things work; and allow him the<br />
opportunity to discover-learn, to move and ask questions freely. You don’t need to know<br />
all the answers – teach him from an early age to find answers on his own.<br />
978 1 920479 58 9<br />
This book is not a checklist or a time sheet to tick off or fill in arbitrarily; it is a road map to<br />
guide you along the journey of development. It has no age indicators, because every child<br />
unfolds developmentally in his own time. Child development is not a race to ‘get there<br />
first’. It is a journey during which there are skills to be developed, knowledge to be discovered<br />
and thousands of experiences to be enjoyed along the way to school readiness.<br />
Don’t let the playfulness mislead you – PLAY means a child is hard at work. Doing what?<br />
Building a better brain! Enjoy this journey with your child.<br />
Dr Melodie de Jager is a qualified nursery school teacher who completed a master’s<br />
degree in Science and Maths programmes, and her doctorate on the role of neurological<br />
integration in the learning process. She regularly hosts workshops, is a frequent guest<br />
on radio and TV, and much in demand as a keynote speaker. She is the author of Mind<br />
Dynamics, Mind Moves and BabyGym, among others, and is listed on the American Biographical<br />
Institute as one of the Great Women of the 21st Century.<br />
speel leer slim<br />
978 1 920479 59 6<br />
Liz Victor is a qualified teacher with a further diploma in remedial education. She developed<br />
the TOPTOTS Mother and Child Workshop programme, which is franchised. She is<br />
involved in research to upgrade and maintain the quality of the programmes that Toptots<br />
has become famous for. She regularly hosts seminars and writes articles for The Natal<br />
Mercury on toddler development.<br />
This book is their first collaboration.<br />
260x210mm • 192pp illustrated • flexi binding • january 20<strong>13</strong> • rights: world
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